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Definitions for sardonic
sɑrˈdɒn ɪksar·don·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
sardonicadjective
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
"his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
Wiktionary
sardonicadjective
Scornfully mocking or cynical.
He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
sardonicadjective
Disdainfully or ironically humorous.
Wikipedia
sardonic
To be sardonic is to be disdainfully or cynically humorous, or scornfully mocking. A form of wit or humour, being sardonic often involves expressing an uncomfortable truth in a clever and not necessarily malicious way, often with a degree of skepticism.
Webster Dictionary
Sardonicadjective
forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety
Sardonicadjective
of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis
Etymology: [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. , , perhaps fr. to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr. , which was said to screw up the face of the eater.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sardonic
sär-don′ik, adj. forced, heartless, or bitter, said of a forced unmirthful laugh—(obs.) Sardō′nian.—adv. Sardon′ically. [Fr. sardonique—L. sardonius, sardonicus—Gr. sardanios, referred to sardonion, a plant of Sardinia (Gr. Sardō), which was said to screw up the face of the eater, but more prob. from Gr. sairein, to grin.]
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draconis
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sardonic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sardonic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- تهكميArabic
- mokant, bitter, hämisch, sarkastisch, sardonischGerman
- σαρδόνιοςGreek
- sardónicoSpanish
- زهرخندهPersian
- ivallinen, häijyFinnish
- sardoniqueFrench
- तिरस्कारपूर्णHindi
- sardonicoItalian
- イワシJapanese
- bitterNorwegian
- sardônicoPortuguese
- сардоническийRussian
- sardóničenSlovene
- bitter, sardonisk, ondskefullSwedish
- hakaret dolu, küçümseyen, küçümseyici, acı, horlayıcı, alaylıTurkish
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